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Weboide
Asked: 2010-07-29 14:48:14 +0800 CST

How can I change the login screen theme in GDM?

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How can I change the Login screen theme? Is there a graphical way or no?

themes gdm login-screen

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  1. Best Answer

    Use this command in the terminal:

    sudo cp /usr/share/applications/gnome-appearance-properties.desktop /usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow

    Logout, and you will be prompted with the Appearance window. change the theme as you change it for the desktop, and login back, and type this command:

    sudo rm /usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow/gnome-appearance-properties.desktop

    That's it.

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  2. This depends on what you want to do with the login screen. You can configure some basic options in the Login Screen Settings app (System/Administration/Login Screen) - whether a user should be automatically logged in, the default session etc.

    However to change the login screen more graphically Ubuntu Tweak can be used to change the background, logo etc.

    Ubuntu Tweak - Login settings

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  3. U can use GDMtweak to change theme and Icon. see the link http://www.webupd8.org/2011/05/change-gdm-theme-background-in-ubuntu.html

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  4. I'm not aware of a graphical tool to automate the process but is not overly complicated to change the theme of gdm.

    Take a look at Gnome-Look GDM, most of the themes there come with good instructions on how to install them.

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  5. There is a graphical tool for this. It's called GDM2Setup. You can get it from this PPA: https://launchpad.net/gdm2setup

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  6. Theme Support for GDM has been terminated since UBUNTU 9.Sorry..!!

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    1. Copy the image you want to use into the /usr/share/gnome-shell/theme folder.

    2. Run 

      sudo -H gedit /usr/share/gnome-shell/theme/gnome-shell.css

    3. Search for the following section

      #lockDialogGroup { 

background: #2e3436 url(noise-texture.png); 

background-repeat: no-repeat;

    4. Change the name of the image to your image and set background to repeat or no-repeat.

    5. Save the file.

    6. Logout and your new background is there.

    This works for Ubuntu GNOME, for other flavours it might not work.

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